SmartDrive Transportation Intelligence Platform announced
SmartDrive Systems has launched the SmartDrive Transportation Intelligence Platform and SR4 hardware, which the company says will deliver driving performance insights and analytic intelligence by fusing data from all systems, all sensors and the operating environment. The SmartDrive Transportation Intelligence Platform includes SR4 hardware, triggering and risk identification, analytics powered by SmartDrive SmartIQ, and a
SmartDrive introduces SmartSense suite of driver-assist sensors
SmartDrive Systems introduced SmartSense, a new line of intelligent driver-assist sensors designed to identify the most dangerous driving risks and intervene with drivers before a catastrophic event occurs. By combining sensors with engine computer data, telematics, accelerometer and SmartDrive analytic data, the company has developed “smart sensors” that deliver new levels of accurate risk identification.
SmartDrive debuts SmartIQ Beat, a transportation industry insights and trends blog
SmartDrive Systems has announced the debut of SmartIQ Beat, a blog focusing on a range of transportation industry insights and trends from safety and operations to technology and regulatory compliance, from an analytical viewpoint. Smart IQ Beat Snapshots provide in-depth analysis and metrics of top fleet performance trends based on SmartDrive’s database of over 140 million
SmartDrive introduces SmartIQ Segmentation
SmartDrive Systems has introduced SmartIQ Segmentation, an expansion of its Transportation Intelligence Suite, which enables fleets to target optimization strategies based on relevant and predictive performance differences across driver and vehicle segments. SmartIQ Segmentation correlates a range of different data sources on and off the vehicle to create actionable performance comparisons across driver segments like collision
Integrated safety systems: Living up to the hype
Mandating stability control and safety systems for heavy trucks began several years ago with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) test analysis, which revealed that a large percentage of heavy truck crashes are rollover-related and can be mitigated by stability control interventions. During that period, braking system suppliers began testing new braking and stability
SmartDrive introduces the video-based safety SmartChoice Program
SmartDrive Systems, a provider of driving performance solutions that aim to reduce collisions and improve fuel efficiency, announced the SmartDrive SmartChoice Program, a new video-based safety program that provides fleets the freedom to choose the level of video protection that best aligns with their specific business priorities and needs. The company hopes to provide flexibility in video-based
SmartDrive releases results of customer scorecard
SmartDrive Systems recently released the results of its customer scorecard. The company recently surveyed its customer base to uncover how its services and solutions ranks in a range of categories, including overall value, service, support, timeliness, flexibility and more. Customers responded based on a letter grade scale—with A being the highest and F the lowest—and
Cypress Truck Lines selects SmartDrive
SmartDrive Systems announced that Cypress Truck Lines Inc., a Jacksonville, Fla.-based family-owned and operated trucking company, has selected SmartDrive’s video-based safety program for deployment to improve safety and reduce costs. Following an extensive evaluation process of multiple providers, Cypress Truck Lines selected SmartDrive to complement its existing safety program because of its modern technology platform,
SmartDrive awarded patent for advanced safety system triggering
SmartDrive Systems has been notified by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that a patent will be issued for its application for advanced driving maneuver detection and integration with on board active safety systems, adding to SmartDrive’s intellectual property portfolio of 106 issued patents and pending patent applications. The patent that will issue to SmartDrive has
SmartDrive adds new Assurance product line
SmartDrive Systems announced the release of its new SmartDrive Assurance product line at the 2014 ATA Management Conference Exhibition. The SmartDrive Assurance product line is a video-based safety program that can be tuned to the risk priorities and specific fleet operating environments through a range of camera, integration and program configuration options, said the company. “Carriers